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US Launches Searchable VIN Recall Tool

Jun 23, 2015 NHTSA, Airbags, Takata


The Takata air bag recall is one of the largest and most complex product recalls in history and in response, Safecar.gov in the US - managed by the NHTSA - has created a webpage allowing American drivers to access all recall info related to their cars. All of the vehicle identification numbers, or VINs, affected by the Takata recall are now loaded into its VIN Lookup Tool.

This allows consumers to find out if their vehicle is part of the Takata recall by simply searching with their VIN.

Last month, Takata announced a national recall of certain types of driver and passenger side air bag inflators in that country. These inflators were made with a propellant that can degrade over time and has led to ruptures that have been blamed for seven deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide. This recall involves 11 different vehicle makes and roughly 34 million vehicles.

For more info visit https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/


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